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ALBERT J. KLETZKER, OF S'I. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

` Letterslatent No. 83,640, (lated November' 3, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-FASTENERS.

The 'Schedule refen'ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. I

To all whom it 'ma/y con-cern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. KLn'r'zKnn, of St. Louis, inthe county of St. Louis, and State of Missouri, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Device for Fastening Papers; and I do hereby des clare that -the following is afull and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

` The object o fthis invention is 'to provide the necessary means for fastening legal papers or other documents together, ina secure manner, the principal ob-` ject being to securerthe fastening of large packages of papers, but the device is equally applicable to small packages.

To enable'those skilled in the art to make and use myimproved fastening-arrangement, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

` Figure 1, of the drawings, is a front elevation ofthe improved machine for securing the fastenings.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is an elevation of the fastening itself.

The machine consists of a stand, A, a lever, B, a follower, C, and perforators, I), which last are' also used for holding the fastenings E in the proper position for passing through the papers. The stand A hasabaseplate, a, which may readily be set on a table or desk. The upper 'end of the said stand A has the lever pivoted to it by means of the pinl), and a spring, b, is used to connect the said lever with the stand, in such a manner as to draw it habitually up. 'Ihe spring may be placed at either side of the stand. 'lhefollower C is coupled with the handle or lever B, by means of the links o, or other equivalent means. .The perforators D are simply two sharp-pointed pins affixed to the plate a, with their sharp ends pointing upward, directly below the bottom end of the follower, the bottom end of the said follower being perforated at b2, for the passage of the pins as the follower descends. The insides of the pins Dare barbed at different heights, so as to secure fasteners E, of diiferentlengths, between them.

The fasteners are made of different lengths, so as tosecure more or less \papers in one package, and the barbs are so arranged that each separate sizeof the fastenings will fit under a corresponding size of the barbs, and thereby be secured in place in the machine.

The mode of operation of the above-described machine is as follows: The fastening E is placed in posi'- tion between the pins D, and then the sheets of paper to be fastened are'to be placed on top of the points of the said pins, in the proper position for the location of thepfastener in the papers, and the hand-pressure applied to the outer end ofthe lever B; In this manuel' the papers will be forced down on the pins I), and also at the same time on the points ofthe fasteners. Then, when the pressure is released, the spring bl" will cause the withdrawal of the follower, after'whicli the points of the fasteners will be bent inward with the fingers, after which a second stroke of the follower will force the points of the fasteners down tightly to the papers, and then the fastening will be complete'.

Having described my invention,

That I cla'nn, is-

The' stand A, lever B, follower G, and perforators D, when arranged and operated as described and set forth. v ALBERT J. KLETZKER.

Witnesses:

M. RANDOLPH, ROBERT BURNS. 

